2019-19349. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

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    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.

    Title: Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research.

    OMB Control Number: 0607-0725.

    Form Number(s): Various.

    Type of Request: Regular.

    Number of Respondents: 5,500 respondents annually.

    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.

    Burden Hours: 5,500 hours annually.

    Needs and Uses: The information collected in this program of developing and testing questionnaires will be used by staff from the Census Bureau and sponsoring agencies to evaluate and improve the quality of the data in the surveys and censuses that are ultimately conducted.

    Affected Public: Individuals or households, businesses or other for profit, farms.

    Frequency: TBD.

    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Legal Authority: Data collection for this project is authorized under the authorizing legislation for the questionnaire being tested. This may be Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181, 182, 193, and 301 for Census Bureau sponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15 for surveys sponsored by other Federal agencies. We do not now know what other titles will be referenced, since we do not know what survey questionnaires will be pretested during the course of the clearance.

    This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395-5806.

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    Sheleen Dumas,

    Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department.

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    [FR Doc. 2019-19349 Filed 9-6-19; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 3510-07-P

Document Information

Published:
09/09/2019
Department:
Census Bureau
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2019-19349
Pages:
47239-47239 (1 pages)
PDF File:
2019-19349.Pdf